Measurement of cellular chemotaxis with ECIS/Taxis

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 62, 2012, Pages

  Pietrosimone, Kathryn M ^a   Yin, Xiuyin ^a   Knecht, David A ^a   Lynes, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular Biology; Chemotaxis; ECIS; ECIS Taxis; Electric Cell substrate Impedance Sensing; Issue 62

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860604133     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3840     Document Type: Article

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